CVE-2022-38533
mediumIn GNU Binutils before 2.40, there is a heap-buffer-overflow in the error function bfd_getl32 when called from the strip_main function in strip-new via a craft…
Vendor / product: Gnu — binutils
In GNU Binutils before 2.40, there is a heap-buffer-overflow in the error function bfd_getl32 when called from the strip_main function in strip-new via a crafted file.
CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2022-08-26 00:15
Modified: 2026-11-02 23:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 07:33 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
gnu / binutils ≤2.39
fedoraproject / fedora 36, 37
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Patch / mitigation: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29482
Patch / mitigation: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29482#c2
Patch / mitigation: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29482
Patch / mitigation: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29482#c2
References
- https://github.com/bminor/binutils-gdb/commit/45d92439aebd0386ef8af76e1796d08cfe457e1d cve@mitre.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/m... cve@mitre.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/m... cve@mitre.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15 cve@mitre.org
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0007/ cve@mitre.org
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29482 cve@mitre.org
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29482#c2 cve@mitre.org
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29495 cve@mitre.org
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=45d92439aebd0386ef8af76e1796d... cve@mitre.org
- https://github.com/bminor/binutils-gdb/commit/45d92439aebd0386ef8af76e1796d08cfe457e1d af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/m... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/m... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0007/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29482 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29482#c2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29495 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=45d92439aebd0386ef8af76e1796d... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 07:33 UTC · record ↗